i knew a girl who could do that
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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It's only to prevent damage, not concussions. They benefit from concussions and the scarring it causes. It's one more part of their "helmet".
Edit: IM WRONG THERE HAS BEEN BETTER RESEARCH AND I CANT FIND THE ARTICLE ON BRAIN SCARRING.
Edit 2: here's a better reason:
"The size and orientation of the bird’s brain safeguard it, the authors say. Even the strongest of wood pecks left the bird brains with less than 60% of the pressure needed to give a human brain a concussion."
You know evolution is lazy when it's solution to an impact cushion is just reusing the tongue
I like to lick my brain too
I prefer to do it up through my nose, though... it looks waay cooler
What a weird bird. But also pretty cool adaptation.
Wow, that is really interesting. Thanks for sharing
TIL Gene Simmons should have been a football player